real sounds the alarm over a syrian tank incursion into the golan heights buffer zone residents report exchanges of heavy fire in the area. meanwhile in syria rebel fighters face war crime allegations after a video of your lynching of troops surfaces online. and mitt romney and barack obama do get out of her crucial swing state votes in the last leg of an election campaign critics say bears the hallmarks of reality t.v. . thanks for spending part of your saturday with us here on r t our top story

israel's filed a complaint at the u.n. after three syrian tanks entered the de-militarized zone between the two countries breaching a decades old cease fire agreement more details for our middle east correspondent paula sleeper. what we're hearing from these maybe defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel she having said that though the i.d.f. has been on the lookout for precisely this kind of development for several months now it has since the syrian infighting approached the israeli border the i.d.f. has filed a complaint with the united nations over the cease fire violation and at the same time it has raised its alert in the north of the concrete what it is now waiting for is for the united nations disengagement force to oversee the withdrawal of these tanks that into this demilitarized zone in the central golan heights at the same time we understand that the tanks were taking part in battles between the

syrian rebels when it was since the nine hundred sixty seven a six day war the whole issue of the golan heights has remained a bone of contention between israel and syria is one essentially occupied the area back in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and is very reluctant to give it back to syria notchy because it allows it to protect its women's below the golan heights and also the areas around the sea of galilee having said that though the issue has always been the main stumbling point between any kind of peace talks between israel and syria and has always stood in the way of we need kind of compromise between these two countries inside syria the army is reportedly repelled a rebel offensive on a key military base in the northwest and al qaeda linked militia was said to be fighting alongside the opposition to gain control of the facility also the un's examining video it suspects could be evidence of war crimes by syrian rebels newly released footage portably shows opposition fighters executing captured government

troops and soldiers were beaten and lined up on the ground before being shot with automatic rifles investigative journalist james corbett says it's a rare example of opposition tactics coming under international scrutiny. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous stock events coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that didn't know some of these atrocities being committed by the rebels were almost always prefaced by reports of government atrocities and that was buried somewhere down halfway through the article time and time again so it is of course and if the hypocrisy

that's underlying this and that's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in the west to to be on the fours and on the side of these rebel forces the only real plan that's on the table that right now that's feasible is the one that china just put forth the four point proposal for the syrian truce which also does not include any language for assad to step down it does not in court include any enforcement language which is a political nonstarter in washington because of course those are the two key issues that they want to make sure is part of any type of proposal so once again we see that that washington is really absolutely keen to make sure that saw and stepping down as part of any proposal and i think they're not going to accept anything short of that so i think they're content to watch these atrocities and and these murders and executions and torture pile up in the name of trying to get rid of assad and unfortunately the only real peace plan on the table at the moment isn't even being considered seriously by washington hundreds of peaceful protesters in bahrain have

come under attack from riot police firing tear gas they were rallying against their recently imposed bad on public gatherings seen as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns a prominent activist been jailed to six months for protesting at for posting a tweet said to insult the king khalid cavell a former lecturer at the university of bahrain things they'll be no peace in the country until the monarchy steps down. to jail someone for voicing their opinion but only freedom of expression violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like a violin and they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and that there are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they can do neither crackdown they continue their

torture and they continue to do and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or out of the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty it is mostly they must have the other was there will be no social feat in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more chaotic just three days to go until election day in the united states both bitter mitt romney and barack obama have take their election campaigns into overdrive racing from rallied around the both working to break their stalemate in the latest polls something that of the debates nor the recent kirkyard hurricane have been able to do here's artie's honest r.c. church on the home stretch. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is

a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i see rising up to it. because in pro wrestling in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind the scenes it's a business. and that's the same way it is for them it's a sham a sham largely compared to reality television survivor style start out a limited a.v. contestant on the island and then event they have to form alliances you can call those parties and then they finally in the grand. you have two three five years to go head to head and they in that video it gets the big just the big prize the big prize for years to run the united states of america the contestants are

giving it their all to win the competition the concept of a reality show we all know is supposed to be some kind of reality but but in reality it's just really made for t.v. and the presidential campaigns in the us are completely made for t.v. like in any major production a huge crew and big box run the game they have people determine what a guy's going to wear what kind of haircut how much makeup you know there's a list of too many for a lot of people to get rich from looks to comments and statements most of the election campaign is scripted. the mainstream media following the presidential campaigns eats the show right up one example i'm going to stop the subsidy to p.b.s. i'm going to stop other things i like p.b.s. i love big bird the debates the first us presidential debate of two thousand and twelve and on us a million viewers that makes it the most successful most popular reality show. while fact checking leaves the building on the. weekend about track record

about taxes. year in year most of the coverage of. you spreading a giant welcome mat for trivialized news coverage is romney hurting obama's feelings as obama. hurting his feelings are they being cordial to each other or are they being angry look at the way obama looks up and looks down the show must go on until the curtains are drawn presidential candidates putting on a performance to be voted into the white house a superficial media paying little attention to the actual words being said and not demanding to hear the words that should matter as the u.s. election enters its closing act and look to tame meant remains king and politics not much more than a circus and if they see it you're gonna r.t. new york one aspect of the race and either candidate it's touched on much is in

u.s. military's missions abroad though both contenders promise less war and more safety and security u.s. national defense expert gareth porter says he has his doubts. throughout the campaign and outside the context of the campaign you simply do not have a lively debate in the united states over this extreme degree of military spending and the militarism that goes with it i'm sorry to say that i don't believe. obama will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to and u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan i mean that is certainly the impression that he's conveyed to the american people and that was conveyed to the american people by the vice presidential candidate joe biden i think the closest that romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise is perhaps the the idea that they would somehow be more successful in putting pressure on iran to end its nuclear program but i must say that it was not

made with much conviction and that i think is a measure of just how you are the public and the political system have become to militarism and empire for the united states hurricane sandy may not be the only store in the u.s. could face. i think mitt romney is a much bigger natural disaster than hurricane sandy some american voters sound off on the superstorm a boat that's coming up. would see this disease liver on a label put you off calorie packs snacks in a couple of minutes the backlash over canadian medics who want to put fear into. work.

what's the difference between ace. samurai sword and a blind guys walking stick well known if you're one of the cops in northern england an elderly blind architect with taser in the back because his cane looks like a sword that was used in a nearby crime honest mistake because swords are often tubular and use this walking sticks more and more we hear stories like this like the handcuffed youth who was shot in the back to death or the unarmed guy in a wheelchair who got blown away by the boys in blue i understand that being in the police is rough everyone lies to you and any given day you could be shot dead so i get it when after a long police chase someone just snaps and in all honesty fire when the police might do the same thing but it takes a certain kind of person who enjoys abusing their uniform to make the helpless

suffer you can't tolerate sadists or those with napoleon complexes in the police and you know what they aren't that hard to spot in the shower because if you like to tase the elderly or shoot wheelchair bound people then you probably don't have much of a certain something but that's just my opinion. two parties keep us politics a woman way street. who will new voices disrupt the power of power that. causes america changes trucks to a selection of clothes guys monday november fifth on or to.

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thanks for staying with us here on r t fifteen minutes past the hour now despite the devastation hurricane sandy araud across the northeastern u.s. this week it's proving to be something of a political opportunity for the two main candidates both rush to offer sympathy any families to criticize the other over it lawry harshness went out onto new york streets to gauge which candidate weathered it best. new york was hit hard by hurricane sandy will it affect the way new yorkers vote or the way they look at the issues this week let's talk about that i was a county alan sixty floor and i seen every day there would just be water. water

everywhere was industry do you think that the government has handled the storm well no how could they have done better they could have gotten the subway running a lot quicker but you think that they have anything to do with how much water is down there no i think they're just really slow to respond i mean the whole thing with the buses over here is ridiculous and it's unconstitutional that you have to have three people in a car i used to going to vote on tuesday is that no then. the city could have been wiped away if the voting polls still stand i have to be there. to be. seen to be. able. to go yes so do you think that obama's looking better than romney right now. i think mitt romney is a much bigger natural disaster than hurricane sandy and i hope people realize that vote for obama you don't think there's anything wrong with obama i think there's

plenty wrong in terms of his. foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. artie's the channel giving american voters a different perspective each day in the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from monday the final debate between third party candidates live from our d.c. studios. two parties. keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power power and. what if america changes. this election close monday nov fifth on our team. russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev says the pussy riot punk band should

not have been jailed for their moscow cathedral stunt but expressed condemnation over their ethics ocean. it's you who these people are very unpleasant to me both on the outside and only in they filled me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about them but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't consider it correct that their punishment was in the form of a custodial sentence they've already spent some time in custody that's actually enough. three members of pussy riot were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after performing their so-called punk prayer in moscow his main orthodox cathedral they were said to two years in jail but one was released on probation after an appeal the women insist there still was political aimed at the authorities but their actions caused outrage among the religious community and divided russian public opinion. turning now to some other stories making headlines

across the globe one guard lost his life trying to prevent a suicide bombing in somalia's capital mogadishu two attackers detonated explosives device explosive devices in a popular restaurant after guards opened fire on them when they refused to go through the security check the n.t. government islamic extremist al-shabaab thought to be behind the blasts. in egypt suspected members of a jihadi group attacked a police vehicle leaving three officers dead one wounded authorities of cordoned off the city of el rhaetian north sinai in an attempt to trap the gunmen in august egypt sent thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on police in the region in decades. doctors in canada come up with explicit warning about the health risks of obesity critics though say the alarming labels will unfairly and inaccurately equate everyday meals and drinks with the more harmful effects of tobacco and alcohol or tom barton

explains. imagine you're about to bite into your pizza when you see this disease liver or perhaps you're taking a swig of your drink when this diseased foot catches your eye put off your food well that's just the effect some doctors in canada want frustrated with a growing epidemic of obesity the entire medical association have taken a leaf from their anti smoking contemporaries book and called for graphic labeling on fatty sugary and salty processed foods they say society must stop tiptoeing around health risks such as diabetes heart and liver disease which can arise from eating too much of certain foods what we want to do is we want to tax foods that are high in calories in the nutritional value and give tax breaks to healthy food but as you might imagine the shock food tactics have been hard to swallow for those who make or enjoy eating but targeted products they think the labels are over the top and accuse doctors of demonizing certain products and food categories carrying

bacco to every day and beverage items non-sensical smoking tobacco products do not really have a balance in a healthy place that various food and beverage products which the ontario medical association would place label warnings on i can absolutely heart of a balance other proposals that have sparked controversy include labeling excessive salt sugar and fat as pathogens that is disease causing viruses and bacteria age limits for buying soft drinks and temporarily taking some obese children away from their parents william endl author of seeds of destruction says the doctors are right about the dangers of highly processed foods but that these labels will simply be ignored. any single cigarette smoker or. their cigarettes that make. their blind

a little bit i don't think that stock is. the foods our engineer today in this post get in private about the foods our engineer today in many cases to be addicted to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain so until you forced by law to change that kind of those who comment you're not going to have any solution to this my mother theo and they also recommends higher taxes and marketing restrictions on junk food especially to children to stick suggest twenty six percent of canadian children aged five to seventeen are overweight or obese. gazing at the international space station from the comfort of your own backyard is now possible as nasa launches a new s.m.s. service notifying users when the station is visible from earth find out more online . and an elephant in the south korea approves a trunk is no obstacle to talking head onto our website r.t. dot com for this story and what more.

coming up the report stay with us here on r.t. . looters that takes your breath away a few tourists travel to these paul it's no prepackaged confort but the joy of the wild is guaranteed if gagne's a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in washington every summer as he says he confines untouched landscapes like these anywhere else in the world. we're going off the list below sea line. if i go wrong the wrong and surprising and you'll go straight to the water and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper failed a bottle before. one animal whose par you

definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot a grizzly here by every small weaver this where the bears are so full that they have a very good sense of well be able to think that we have to keep an eye a wind direction and the best of them and both up all that could be dangerous so we won't go yes to shell but people are quiet. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the bear got away and they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go fishing people often shoot at them to scare them away and every year here in the region you hear about someone being killed by the predators. but at the mugger down nature reserve where we are no one disturbs the bears peanuts another local resident to haiti's peace being disturbed here is the

howlers eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters of nasa only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon and sea gulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here the mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region and the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no security here it would be no reason to have tons of people coming here not just to get some for me on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get your piece of bread there is nothing really well you can. predict you have to rely on yourself

a few bucks. or so were have to be the bad. maybe for the wildlife here is the lack of physics for the better but when you stand on top of phenomenal and like this you just cantelupe wanting to share the beauty. of x. kaiser welcome to the kaiser report. in a few days you'll be asked to choose which of two frickin lunatics to elect in the white house and to select a handful of jackasses to the senate yes the bread and circuses must go on people so you don't notice that things from a tory i'm on wall street is still to the brim with the spirit of bankers gorging

on your well head of brokers having sordid orgies with your retirement funds oh or go back to sleep you should. stay safe. first we'll show the two candidates that are up in a few days for the selection of twenty twelve here's an image from william bonzai seven salvador debt bamma as you see that deficit surrealist looking pretty scary there obama nice nice dolly in the show. and the other is the g.o.p. cuckoo nest and c.c. there mitt romney with his vice presidential candidate paul ryan and behind them are john mccain george bush won in two thousand plus nurse ratchet. i think may be master of your blood masters make an excellent nurse ratchet more current default swaps and. it's hard to fault.

juicy fruit juice the fruit juice your fruit there's johnny i'm having a stanley kubrick. well max aside from stanley kubrick ok we have an end of empire sort of election going on none of the real issues are mentioned it's just literally bread and circuses wacky stuff i was going to say a four letter word they're going on and they're just deciding on all sorts of bizarre social issues and it gets worse and worse every every election they do this but here we are in the middle of the great depression and not once has the great depression been mentioned it's all about various other things so let's look at this first headline back from the vomitorium the looting of the mortgage settlement agreement now this was the big deal that obama started the year with remember he settled with the the big major banks in america for twenty five billion dollars of that two point five billion went to the states and apparently the states are

looting the mortgage settlement fund and the odds are good that you or someone you know is getting robbed for the second time yeah that's right you know and economics and other talk about a transmission problem you know the fed is lowering rates and start filtering through the economy and we start nation on the credit markets where you know obama is just an outright. is just it's just a frickin. well he helped cover up this crime the money has been transferred to the states it's up to the governors and the state legislators the senators the congress people for the various states to do what they're supposed to do they've decided that they're going to plug the holes in their own budget deficits instead with this money and do nothing to help the homeowners and so according to recent reports politicians not bankers are the culprits this time around siphoning billions from that historic settlement and pumping it into their broken state budgets instead of manning up and.